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Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees Recommendation Guidelines — Regulation/control 5

Reviewed by Ravi Sisodia · Last reviewed 29 August 2026

Ranking by assignment load

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Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees Recommendation Guidelines — Ranking by assignment load. Legal basis: Section 16(3), 34, 97 and 125 of the IBC (recommendation of an insolvency professional by IBBI where none is proposed), operationalised through periodically reissued IBBI Recommendation Guidelines (the current version covering 1 July to 31 December 2026).

Official source and legal ownership

Legal ownerInsolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Legal basisSection 16(3), 34, 97 and 125 of the IBC (recommendation of an insolvency professional by IBBI where none is proposed), operationalised through periodically reissued IBBI Recommendation Guidelines (the current version covering 1 July to 31 December 2026)
Source statusOfficially sourced
Review date2026-08-29
Primary sourceInsolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees Recommendation Guidelines — Regulation/control 5

Ranking by assignment load

Within each zone and bench, eligible professionals are ranked with reference to their existing ongoing assignments, intended to spread new appointments rather than concentrating them among a small number of already heavily loaded professionals.

Why this control matters

Within each zone and bench, eligible professionals are ranked with reference to their existing ongoing assignments, intended to spread new appointments rather than concentrating them among a small number of already heavily loaded professionals. sits inside Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees Recommendation Guidelines - a specific procedural requirement, not a discretionary practice. Treating it as optional, or substituting a generic template for the exact prescribed form/process, is one of the more common ways an insolvency professional or process participant creates avoidable compliance exposure.

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Practical Q&A

Is this page the full legal text of the Regulation?

No. It is an implementation summary. Always verify the exact wording, provisos and any Schedule or Form referenced against the official IBBI-notified text before relying on it for a filing, opinion or compliance decision.

Does a portal or software workflow satisfy this control automatically?

Not necessarily. Portal or software steps are operational aids; they do not substitute for confirming that the underlying regulatory requirement has actually been met on the facts of the specific case.